Baby name
FADING
🇧🇪 🇳🇱 Veerle
/FEER · leh/
Meaning
“Travel-battle”
Flemish feminine name, a Dutch form of Pharaildis, an ancient Germanic saint's name meaning 'travel-battle'; strongly identified with Flanders in Belgium.
Nicknames
veer · verle
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Classic Flemish name; ages well within Belgian and Dutch contexts.
The cultural moment.
Consistently popular in Flanders from the 1960s through the 1990s; still recognized but declining for newborns.